2 different distros using same /home with same user

Fred A. Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Tue Aug 7 02:46:51 UTC 2012


On 08/06/2012 10:03 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> :-( which is exactly what I did last night but I put them onto the 
> second HDD inside a directory called Symlinked_folders and created 
> symlinks in my /home directory to point to 
> /data/Symlinked_folders/Downloads [etc] . Also placed in this /data 
> directory were my /.mozilla and /.thunderbird directories. Now I can 
> re-install and reformat my main system to my heart's content without 
> having to worry about my data files (only need to create the symlinks 
> in the new /home directory - but doing this is a piece of cake if you 
> use mc [Midnight Commander] :-) ).
>
> And for all those fans of "Who's on first?" look here :-) :
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nti08LWtxJI&feature=related 

I'll send you a slightly diff. clip to go with this one......private cover.

Fred





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